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Waterproof half cover for Fury recommendation
tims31 - 7/3/18 at 01:18 PM

As per title, can anyone recommend a good waterproof half cover for a Fury with a full screen.

Eventually I want to have a toneau cover made but need to wait until I have a new set of seats fitted and want to be able to take my car to work and leave outside all day without fear of filling with water when it rains.

Prefer something that has straps to the wheel arches to hold it down.

What do you recommend please?

MattD - 7/3/18 at 02:10 PM

Something like my LeMans camping cover... works well for me... Mine has aeroscreen, but the cover goes over the full cage front & rear hoops.

http://www.hamiltonclassic.co.uk/acatalog/CoverConvertibleCarTopCover.html

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tims31 - 7/3/18 at 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by MattD
Something like my LeMans camping cover... works well for me... Mine has aeroscreen, but the cover goes over the full cage front & rear hoops.

http://www.hamiltonclassic.co.uk/acatalog/CoverConvertibleCarTopCover.html

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Yep thats the sort, is it good for holding off the rain?

MattD - 7/3/18 at 02:39 PM

Has done a good job for several trips out, never failed me yet.

It has elastic straps front & rear as you can see. Its not really going anywhere after that.
The "weakness" is the door openings as the sheet can fold inwards under wind pressure.
Save from a few drips, its never really bothered me, but then I have minimal interior & GRP bucket seats.

I do tend to put a 2" ratchet strap under the car across the doors/roof when leaving it overnight, but thats mainly for security.

tims31 - 7/3/18 at 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by MattD

The "weakness" is the door openings as the sheet can fold inwards under wind pressure.


Is the material strong enough to put a couple of eyelets on that edge to put another strap under the car to try and prevent the sides blowing in?

Thanks for your help

MattD - 8/3/18 at 08:53 AM

Yep I'm sure you could attach a lateral strap, which is effetively what my over the top ratchet strap does as it traps the material.

The materail does cover about the top third of the door, it needs to be blowing pretty strongly to start it flapping.
But adding the strap you suggest would fix it once & for all.

If you intend fitting side windows then the problem will never arise.


As an aside... if you speak to Alistair at Hamilton Classics he could probably have the strap you want added at manufacture.. his full outdoor car covers have it as standard (I've got one of those too).
A good product improvement suggestion !!
You might end up waiting for a slow boat from China though.

[Edited on 8/3/18 by MattD]

tims31 - 8/3/18 at 07:06 PM

Great, thanks for info. I'll give them a call

stevebubs - 9/3/18 at 11:45 AM

I've used a small car cover from Halfords before - covers the whole car, then used rubber-tipped spring clamps in the wheel arches to hold and pull it taught.